Mike Simonetti: “Until Johnny Jewel pays me, I will tell you all the ideas they steal”

“Dear Tommy will be a shitty pop album. I’m not there to feed him ideas. You will get garbage.”

Italians Do It Better co-founder Mike Simonetti is still angry about the $13,000 he claims Johnny Jewel owes him and now he says he will reveal different ideas that Chromatics and Glass Candy have allegedly stolen until he gets the money.

johnny still owes me $13,000. until he pays me i will tell you all the songs and ideas they steal. he even stole the Magician

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

Today, he has said that ‘Warm in the Winter’ was plagiarized from 1970s disco track ‘Love is in the Air’: “I used to DJ on all the Glass Candy/Chromatics tours,” he tweeted. “If he simply paid me what he owed me I [wouldn’t] be blowing him up… The biggest surprise of all is how they never heard of ‘Love Is In The Air’. I specifically remember playing at Rotture after their set… Ida came up to me and said ‘What is this??’ .. a few weeks later, this song comes out.”

Simonetti has also said that Dear Tommy will be lambasted for being a “shitty pop record” and that Glass Candy’s Body Work “will probably come out at the same time as Dear Tommy. It will be a bad trap record with Ida yelling over the music.”

Read his entire statement, so to speak, below.

johnny still owes me $13,000. until he pays me i will tell you all the songs and ideas they steal. he even stole the Magician

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

Dear Tommy will be a shitty pop album. the vocals will be loud and full of reverb. I'm not there to feed him ideas. you will get garbage

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

thats why it is delayed. he knows people are onto him. Home and that shitty Gosling film soundtracks were both poorly reviewed by Pitchfork

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

he is nervous. that is why he gives away shirts and keeps releasing the same songs over and over again on different color vinyl.

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

he needs to milk the fans before Dear Tommy comes out. he needs to give away product to buy their loyalty. its not because he likes you

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

its because he is NERVOUS. he is afraid. i feel bad for the people who shill out for the same songs over and over.

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

Glass Candy Body Work will probably come out at the same time as Dear Tommy. it will be a bad trap record with Ida yelling over the music

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

the Dear Tommy backlash is already being felt. he is holding up this music like its gods gift to the world. its a fucking pop record.

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

and they will tour on it, and ruth will lip synch live like she always does and adam will act like he knows how to play a vocoder (he doesnt

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

i used to dj on all the glass candy/chromatics tours.my influence runs deep. if he simply paid me what he owed me i would be blowing him up

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

the biggest surprise of all is how they never heard of Love Is In The Air. i specifically remember playing at Rotture after their set

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

Ida came up to me and said "what is this??' .. a few weeks later, this song comes out .

— Michael Simonetti (@MikeSimonetti) November 2, 2016

One last thing : when dear Tommy comes out I will be purging my archives and selling everything Johnny related to pay off his debt